muscle

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Maintaining both muscle and bone strength is critical for older adults, as it reduces the risk of falls, fractures, and loss of independence.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Subcutaneous injections deliver medication into the fatty tissue layer between the skin and muscle.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

One concern about the currently available GLP-1 drugs is that when patients lose weight, they lose mostly muscle instead of fat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Atsuyoshi Koike, the public face of Japan’s effort to muscle back into the semiconductor industry it used to dominate, first needs to prove he can make them on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Faraday found that séance participants were unaware that they were moving the table themselves because of the ideomotor effect—the concept that thoughts can produce unconscious muscle movements.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock